GLOSSARY. 



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FRE'NTJM. A lunate or triangu- 

 lar portion at the inner and 

 hinder base of the wing, in 

 Trichoptera and Odoimta. 



FRONT. The fore face bounded 

 by the vertex, eyes, and often 

 beneath by the epistoma or 

 clypeus. 



FUL'CRUM. The chitiuized walls 

 of the pharynx. 



FU-LIG'I-NOUS. Of the color of 

 dark smoke. 



FUL-VO-^'NE-OUS. Brazen, with 

 a tinge of brownish-yellow. 



Fui/votrs. Tawny, color of 

 the common deer. 



FU-NI'CLE. A small cord; a slender 

 stalk. Thatpartof certain auteii- 

 nse between the scape and club. 



FUR-CAT'ED. Forked. 



FUS'CO-TEST'A-CE-OUS. Dull red- 

 dish brown. 



Fus'cous. Dark brown, ap- 

 proaching black. 



FU'SI-FORM. Shaped like a 

 spindle ; e.g., the antennae of 

 the sphinges. 



GAL'E-A. The middle division of 

 the maxilla, situated between 

 the lacinia and palpiger. 



GANG'LI-ON (Gr. gagglion, a swell- 

 ing or lump). A centre of the 

 nervous system, consisting of 

 nerve-cells and fibres. 



GEM'I-NATE. Arranged hi pairs; 

 twin. 



GEM-MIP'A-ROTTS (GT.gemma,\)ud; 

 pa/rio, to bring forth). Ap- 

 plied to a form of asexual gen- 

 eration where new individuals 

 arise as buds from the body of 

 the parent 



GE'NA. Cheek. 



GE-NIC'U-LATE (Lat. geniculatus). 

 Bent abruptly like a knee or 

 elbow; elbowed. 



GIB'BOUS. Inflated, swollen. 



GLA'BROUS. Smooth; opposed 

 to hairy; downy, villous. 



GLAND. A cellular sac which 

 secretes, i.e. separates, certain 

 constituen ts of the blood. The 

 liver is a gland secreting bile; 

 the kidneys excrete urine. 



GLAU'COUS. Bluish green or gray. 



GLOBOSE'. Globular, spherical. 



GNATH'ITE. A jaw or jaw-like 

 appendage. The gnathites are 

 the mouth-parts. 



GON-A-POPH'Y-SIS. (Gr. gone, fe- 

 male; apophysis, process). Two 

 pairs of elongated processes in 

 the cockroach, arising from the 

 8th and 9th abdominal rings. 

 (Huxley.) They appear to be 

 the equivalents of the rhabdites 

 composing the ovipositor of 

 other insects. 



GON-OP'O-DA (Gr. gone, genera- 

 tion; pous, podos, foot). The 

 modified first pair of abdomi- 

 nal appendages of the male lob- 

 ster, shrimps, and crabs. 



HAB'I-TAT. The place or region 

 an insect inhabits. 



HAL'TER-ES (Gr. halter es, pois- 

 ers). Balancers: the rudiment- 

 ary hind wings of Diptera. 



HAM'ATE. Furnished with hooks. 



HAM'ULE. A little hook. 



HAST'ATE. Halberd-shaped. 



HATJS'TEL-LATE. Furnished with 

 a proboscis so as to take food 

 by suction. 



